10 Latin Phrases You Pretend to Understand

 

• 1. Caveat Emptor
  (KAV-ee-OT emp-TOR): “Let the buyer beware”
• 2. Persona Non Grata
  (puhr-SOH-nah non GRAH-tah): “An unacceptable person”
• 3. Habeas Corpus
  (HAY-bee-as KOR-pus): “You have the body”
• 4. Cogito Ergo Sum
  (CO-gee-toe ER-go SOME): “I think, therefore I am”
• 5. E Pluribus Unum
  (EE PLUR-uh-buhs OOH-nuhm): “Out of many, one”
• 6. Quid Pro Quo
  (kwid proh KWOH): “You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours”
• 7. Ad Hominem
  (ad HAH-mi-nem): “To attack the man”
• 8. Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
  (ad-MA-yor-em DAY-ee GLOR-ee-um): “All for the Greater Glory of God”
• 9. Memento Mori
  (meh-MEN-toh MOR-ee): “Remember, you must die”
• 10. Sui Generis
  (SOO-ee JEN-er-is): “Of its own genus,” or “Unique and unable to classify”